Oumiha vs Fonseca

Who won Oumiha vs Fonseca?

Francisco Fonseca beat Sofiane Oumiha by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Friday, August 8th, 2025, at Martyrs of Benina Stadium, Benghazi.

The scorecards were announced as 97-92, 95-94, 95-94 in favor of winner Francisco Fonseca.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Mirco Cuello beating Sergio Rios Jimenez for the WBA Interim World Featherweight championship. Also on the undercard Albert Ramirez beat Jerome Pampellone for the WBA World Light Heavyweight belt.

Oumiha vs Fonseca stats

Sofiane Oumiha stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 6 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Francisco Fonseca made his way to the ring with a record of 36 wins, 4 losses and 2 draws, with 29 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Fonseca had a massive power advantage over Oumiha, boasting a 81% knockout percentage compared to Oumiha's 50%.

Sofiane Oumiha was the younger man by 1 year, at 30 years old.

Oumiha had a height advantage of 3 inches over Fonseca.

Both Sofiane Oumiha and Francisco Fonseca fought out of an orthodox stance.

Oumiha was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 36 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2022, 8 years and 2 months later than Fonseca, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 157 fewer professional rounds, totaling 50 compared to Fonseca's 207.

Oumiha vs Fonseca form

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Zhora Hamazaryan on May 6, 2023, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at KRK “Uralets”, Ekaterinburg, Russia.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Ryan Garcia on February 14, 2020, by knockout in the 1st round at Honda Center, California, United States.

Going into that contest, he had drawn with Alex Dilmaghani on November 16, 2019, by majority draw in their 12 round contest at York Hall, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had lost to Tevin Farmer on December 15, 2018, by unanimous decision in their IBF World Junior Lightweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

He had been beaten by Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis on August 26, 2017, by knockout in the 8th round in their IBF World Junior Lightweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Fonseca's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 11 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 43 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.6 rounds on average.

What time did Oumiha vs Fonseca start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 6:30 PM UTC at Martyrs of Benina Stadium, Benghazi, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, which was 2:30 PM EST or 11:30 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 7:30 PM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Oumiha vs Fonseca?

Oumiha vs Fonseca was broadcast on DAZN Global in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by ESPN.

What were the odds on Oumiha vs Fonseca?

Sofiane Oumiha was a 1/5 (-500) favorite going into the contest, while Francisco Fonseca made his way into the ring at 7/2 (+350) with oddsmakers.